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Keywords: Norm, Behaviour, Violates, Deviate, Paraphilia

Related Terms: Antisocial, Discrimination, Ethnocentrism, Intolerance, Mores, Oppression, Personality, Prejudice, Culture, Socialization, Racism, Stereotype, Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, Social Role, Anomie, Social Psychology, Social Cognition, Impression Management, Fundamental Attribution Error, Functionalism, Marginalization, Psychosocial, Attitudes, Anti-Social Behaviour, Scapegoating, Social Comparison Theory, Social Dilemma, Social Norms, Conformity, Social Control, Deindividuation, Display Rules, Self-Serving Bias, Persecution, Psychographics, Stereotyping, Pluralistic Ignorance, Need For Cognition, Folkways, Conformity, Norm, Hate Group, Peer Pressure, Habitus, Social Skills, Norm, Stereotypes, Subculture, Alternative Lifestyle, Cultural Competency

deviate behavior.

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Any action or behavior that is inconsistent with what a particular society defines as normal and acceptable.

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Any behavior, belief, or condition that violates cultural norms.

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Any behaviour, belief, or condition that violates cultural norms.

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any behaviour that is different from the societal norm

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behavior which violates social norms or which is statistically different from the "average."

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paraphilia; practice that deviates from the majority of society.

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a state or condition markedly different from the norm

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Behavior outside a norm.

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the recognized violation of culturally defined norms

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a set of conditions, behaviour, or circumstances that vary from what is considered normal.

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Behavior that violates the norms of society; deviance acts becomes criminal only when they are added to the criminal code.

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